Device for carrying heated glass.



No. 774,375. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

I R. W. BLAZE.

DEVICE FOR CARRYING HEATED GLASS.

APPLICATION FILED 33.13, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented November 8, 1904.

ROBERT W. BLAZE, OF JEANNETTE, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR CARRYING HEATED GLASS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,375, dated November8, 1904.

v Application filed February 13 1904. Serial N0 193,382. (No model.) V

To (all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. BLAZE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jeannette, in the county of Vestmoreland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices forCarrying Heated Glass, of which improvement the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved tool or device for carrying heatedglass or other similar ware; and it consists in the certain details ofconstruction and combination of parts, as will be fully describedhereinafter.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved device, partly in section, the same being constructed andarranged in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation ofthe same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the movingsleeve and its connected parts. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one ofthe segmental grips, showing a rearview of the same.

To put my invention into practice, I provide a tubular handle portion 1of a suitable size and length and fit the same at one end with a head 2,having four or more radiallyarranged recesses 3, in which are placedsegmental grips. These segmental grips each consist of a flanged slide4, having an opening 7 at the rear, and an integral segmental portion 5,recessed at 6 to engage with the flange of a piece of glassware 8, aswill be seen by reference to Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings. To operatethese segmental grips 5 and to give each a movement toward and away fromthe center of the head 2, a system of levers 9 are used. These leversare pivotally mounted in bearings 12, formed integral with and at therear of the head 2, the forward ends of said levers entering theopenings 7 and the rear ends fitted with links 14:. These links 1 1 areconnected to a sliding bearing 15, operating on the tubular handle andlimited in its movement by a slot 17, formed in said tube, and atransverse pin 16. This pin 16 is attached to a rod or bar 18, whichextends through the length of the handle and is formed with a head orthumb piece 20 and an enlarged portion 19 to fill the tube and properlycenter the rod. This rod is backed by a strong spiral spring 21 to keepthe same extended and recover the parts and move the grips 5 toward thecenter of the head 2. e

In operation by an inward pressure upon the thumb-piece 20 the rod 18will carry the sleeve 15 forward, drawing the outer ends of the levers 9inward, and move the forward extremities outward, thereby expanding orenlarging the circle of the grips 5. These grips 5 are adjusted over theflange of the piece of glassware 8 and the pressure released from thethumb-piece 20, releasing the said grips to be moved inward by theaction of the spring 21. These grips 5 may be of varied form and size tosuit the articles of ware operated upon, and other modifications may bemade in the details of construction without departing from the spirit ofthe invention. Therefore I do not wish to confine myself to theformshown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is

In a tool for the purpose described, the combination of the tubularslotted handle 1, the radially-slottedhead 2, the segmental clamps 5operating in said slots, the levers 9 loosely connected to said clampsand mounted in suitable bearings, the movable sleeve 15 connected to therear ends of said levers and operated on the tubular handle, theoperating-bar 18 arranged within the handle and projecting from one endof the same, a pin 16 connecting the bar 18 with the moving sleeve, andthe spring 21 to operate the grips 5 and bring the parts back to theirnormal position, all arranged and combined for service, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

MAX. W. KURNIKER, H. J.'LEv 1s.

